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sweetmisery
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« on: Apr 16^th, 2004, 2:52pm »

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OK, I want to start this question thread where one can ask un silly questions about anything that you dont know and wish to learn, and others who knows the answer may do so to help...

I have a couple for now...

1) what do you mean by the phrase "Ignorance is bliss"? Can you set an example? Cuz I really dont know... people seem to agree and disagree here...

2) Whats with the notion of blondes being stupid? I know its not scientifically true(maybe spiritually!), but really, where did that whole legend start?

thanks! I'll ask more soon, things that I honestly want to learn about...

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« Reply #1 on: Apr 17^th, 2004, 9:57am »

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Well, ignorance is bliss.....If you think you are having a super hair day, but everyone else thinks it's awful.....Ignorance is Bliss. Wink

I have no idea where the Dumb Blonde thing started. I think for some people, it's seems to hold true though. J/K!

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Oh, so you mean false pride then?

Yeah, even in tv shows or even cartoons, they try to make it appear like that - Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls, Dee Dee...

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 17^th, 2004, 11:59am »

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You can thank the media for
Dumb Blonde thing with Crissy Snow ( Threes Company) as one example but all through TV history and films this has been the norm sadly

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« Reply #4 on: Apr 17^th, 2004, 2:53pm »

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Well I guess blonde people dont mind since I bet most of them think a lot are jealous of their hair and they are almost always depicted as the pretty ones... I prefer brunettes though...

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« Reply #5 on: Apr 18^th, 2004, 4:21am »

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well.. maybe.. just a thought... because blondes seem to be a symbol of how beautiful girls should look like... you know like what in the movie 'Bachelor' said.. 'blonde with big boobs'... and how they are portrayed as some men's fantasy... that some would think that blondes are only physically beautiful but not necessarily brainy... like how Elle Woods of Legally Blonde is portrayed.. like a living Barbie Doll...

and maybe in every day people that you meet.. some beautiful people.. that seemed to match your fantasy girl or guy.. are to vain in terms of physical appearance to cover up the size of their brain.... Grin

just a thought.. and not meant to hurt anyone.... Grin

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« Reply #6 on: Apr 18^th, 2004, 7:19am »

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Ignorance is bliss is not about false pride. It's about being happier not knowing something than you would be if you were aware of it.

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I thought the blonde thing would go way back, before Chrissy Snow.

Wasnt Marylin Monroe in a movie where Blonde were having fun..or Men wants the blonde?.ok I cant recall the title of the movie and I am too lazy to search it. But I think that the blonde stereotypes started somewhere around that time.

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I am sorry I didnt imply it started then I merely used Chrissy Snow as an example

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« Reply #9 on: Apr 18^th, 2004, 12:41pm »

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She, I think that movie was Gentlemen Prefer Bondes. The dumb blonde thing goes back a long way, remember Gracie Allen of Burns and Allen? I'm not sure when it started, but it has been around a long time.

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oohh.. ok... now I have a question... is the McDonalds Burger inside the Happy Meal is really happy?... Grin

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Good question, Paulo! :laff:

"Ignorance is bliss" is similar to the phrase "What you don't know won't hurt you." (Although, sometimes, that last phrase will come back to bite you in a big way!)

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Speaking as a blond, I would like to point out that although from time to time my common sense is less than the norm, on the whole I feel I am a very intelligent person. I have never really been offended by the dumb blonde stuff, cuz i know i am not dumb, but i can see why it persists, jessica simpson anyone? Makes the rest of us look bad!!

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« Reply #13 on: Apr 19^th, 2004, 1:25pm »

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on Apr 16^th, 2004, 2:52pm, sweetmisery wrote:

1) what do you mean by the phrase "Ignorance is bliss"? Can you set an example? Cuz I really dont know... people seem to agree and disagree here

The Socratic quote in relation to "Oedipus the King"
http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/711/

When ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise.

This can be likened to "what you don't know can't hurt you".....which we all know is an untruth - to wit: " 'tis folly to be wise".

As far as blondes being dumb and all those jokes about them - I think this started in late 1800's or very early 1900's. My research on this subject just gave me one blonde joke site to another. Roll Eyes

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« Reply #14 on: Apr 19^th, 2004, 3:29pm »

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So ignorance is bliss, hmm... it can be a way to protect people from the truth, like how the rest of the world dont know whats going on while the MIB saves the world...! Yeah I guess it can haunt you big time if you aint careful or dont care to learn...

Happy meal burger, well they should be, cuz mostly are for kids and they are making a lot of kids happy, or for the recent news, the diet burgers... but some bitter burger, I guess they aint happy as most...

OK, here is another I want to ask/learn about US people and its cultures...

Alabama - is it true that in there or some similar States, that incest is done... and if so, is it still? Alabama marrying-your-sister jokes goes far as blonde jokes according to what I see in movies and tv and other medias...

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